Question

John has two trees in his yard. One is 35 feet taller than the other. If we let h be the height of the shorter tree, write an algebraic expression for the sum of the two trees heights. Be sure to simplify your expression

Answer 1

`H = 2h +35`

where H is the sum of height of two trees.

Explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

There are two trees in John's garden.

Let
`h\text{ feet}` be the height of shorter tree.

The length of loner tree is 35 feet taller than the shorter tree.

Thus, the height of longer tree is given by

`(h+35)\text{ feet}`

Sum of the two trees heights =

`H = h + (h+35)\\H =(h+h)+35\\H = 2h + 35`

is the required expression for sum of heights of two tree.